FFA briefs

Published: October 4, 2011 4:01 AM

TRIWAY DISTRICT -- Triway FFA Chapter met Sept. 19 with 29 members present. During business, discussion was held on soil judging and the trap shoot as well as homecoming parade ideas. Members discussed parking cars for the Farm Foliage tour and noted the chapter earned more than $500 parking cars at the 2001 National Oliver Summer Show at the fairgrounds.The chapter development committee discussed program activities and a fall party to be held at Mark Gordon's house. Mark Gordon discussed the junior class' tractor restoration project. The class is working on restoring a Massey Harris 44-6 tractor for the Chevron Delo tractor restoration contest.During new business, Geoffrey Norris talked about he Loudonville Street Fair and noted that entry deadline was approaching. Bailey Hardin discussed parliamentary procedure. The chapter will be having a freshman, junior varsity and varsity team. Members voted dues at $20, due by Nov. 1 and also discussed chapter T-shirts. The chapter also voted to meet regularly for workdays to help improve the landscaping of the school grounds (except winter months). The Spruce Up Squad will start by planting mums and putting up some decorative corn.NORTHWESTERN DISTRICT -- On the afternoon of July 24, the Northwestern-Wayne FFA Chapter's officer team gathered at the high school to travel to Mohican Adventures in Loudonville for the annual officer retreat and team building exercises. Attending were: Sara McWilliams, Ashley Cromer, Sabrina Johnson, Sarhra Flinn, John Eberly, Tessa Hershey, Tessa Topp, Kandis Starkey, Damon Johnson, Taylor Mowrer, Chloe Raff, Mathes Myers, Tara Benton, Marla Walton, Blake Coffman and Becca Harbaugh.Each year, the Northwestern-Wayne FFA Chapter tries to send two interested members to the Washington Leadership Conference with the hopes that what they learn will be brought back to the chapter. This past summer, Sabrina Johnson and Sarhra Flinn were chosen to attend July 12-17.The teens were shown needs from all over the world and asked to decide which one they wanted to work on to better change the world. They learned that most of the world lives in poverty, with approximately 75 percent of people worldwide unable to afford shelter. From June 27-July 1, five members from the Northwestern-Wayne FFA Chapter attended FFA Camp Muskingum. The camp is located in the heavily wooded rolling hills of Carrolton. Sara McWilliams, Ashley Cromer, Sarhra Flinn, Tessa Hershey and Chris Thomas were assigned to different camp "chapters" made up of about 15-20 FFA members from all around the state.